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By Bill Coughlin, April 24, 2007
Marker at Fort Gilmer
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Battlefield Park Road, on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Confederate Fort Gilmer loomed as a major obstacle to any advance on Richmond. On the afternoon of September 29, 1864, several regiments of black troops stormed these works only to be driven back. A portion of the 7th United States Colored Troops, . . . — — Map (db m24823) HM |
| On Prince Frederick Road (Maryland Route 231) at Mill Creek Road/Bendict Avenue cut off, on the right when traveling east on Prince Frederick Road. |
| | Camp Stanton was established in this area, October, 1863, for the recruiting and training of the Seventh, Ninth, Nineteenth and Thirtieth United States Colored Infantry. — — Map (db m4112) HM |
| On Deep Bottom Road, on the left. Reported permanently removed. |
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After the Battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864, Grant and Lee shifted their armies to Petersburg; but Grant did not wish to abandon the Richmond front entirely. He had Gen. Benjamin Butler position a small force from his Army of the James here at . . . — — Map (db m193868) HM |
| On New Market Road (Scenic State Highway 5) at Bypass Interstate 295, on the left when traveling east on New Market Road. |
| | On 28 September 1864, elements of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s Army of the James crossed the James River to assault the Confederate defenses of Richmond. At dawn on 29 September, 6 regiments of U.S. Colored Troops fought with exceptional valor . . . — — Map (db m181439) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 5) at Nicholson Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Here Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, commander of the Army of the James, entered and took possession of Richmond at 8:15 A.M. on 3 April 1865 after receiving the surrender of the confederate capital a few miles east. The first units of Weitzel's command . . . — — Map (db m15698) HM |
Jun. 16, 2024